His blonde hair was held in place with a couple of barrettes and he wore his favourite hooped earrings. He had done his own make up using blues to ac...entuate his eyes and pink on his lips and they were ready. They had loaded all their necessary items into purses and headed back into town to the shoe shop.The saleslady didn't recognise Sam at first but she was polite and helpful to both the young ladies. They chose a pair of matching shoes for Paul and a pair of lower heeled sandals. Sam. On the way, she showed me how to get out to the garage and asked me to come in and out through there. The door to the garage was in the laundry room and there was a big pile of laundry sitting on a bench by the washer. Once she had shown me the furnace, she told me she was getting ready to go out and that I should let myself out and leave the paperwork on the kitchen counter when I was done if she was already gone. Then she left me alone with the furnace and I got busy with the diagnostics. . No promises, no expectations, just an afternoon of frolic perhaps? There was a long pause on the phone, then she said, 'If we meet somewhere halfway, new to both of us, with no promises?' I agreed and suggested Bristol. She said 'perfect' and we agreed to a date. I booked a room at a good hotel, and a couple of weeks later found myself on the motorway, hoping to share a bed with a woman I'd never even shaken hands with. Was she a stalker? A serial killer? A blackmailer? Was she going to come at. Sadly he was a complete asshole and I couldn't stop wondering why my wife was willing to throw our marriage away for him. I thought I knew Katie. I couldn't understand how she could possibly be attracted to a man like that. During dinner Katie noticed my distraction and asked, "Frankie it seems like you're a million miles away tonight. Is there something wrong?" I could see she was nervous. I was certain she was worried that I was still angry with her because she'd come home so late the night.